| Resolution Number: | 1979-C042 | |
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| Title: | Amend Canon I.10 [Add Sec. 3(b): Transfer of Area Missions] and Renumber Accordingly | |
| Legislative Action Taken: | Concurred As Substituted and Amended | |
| Final Text: | ||
Resolved, That Title I, Canon 10 be amended to include a new Section 3(b) as follows:
3(b). In the event a Missionary Diocese beyond the territory of the United States of America is incapable of functioning as a jurisdiction in union with the Episcopal Church, and the Bishop, or if there be none, the Ecclesiastical Authority, of such Diocese, after consultation with appropriate diocesan authorities, and the Presiding Bishop agree that continuation with this Church is no longer feasible, the Presiding Bishop is authorized, after consultation with the appropriate authorities in the Anglican Communion, to take such action as needed for such Diocese to become a constituent part of another Province or Regional Council in communion with this Church; and be it further
Resolved, That the remaining Sections of Title I, Canon 10 be renumbered accordingly.
| Citation: | General Convention, Journal of the General Convention of...The Episcopal Church, Denver, 1979 (New York: General Convention, 1980), p. C-149. |
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